FBI head calls China ‘the greatest long-term threat’ to the US and alleges Chinese plots to steal US data and forcibly repatriate its citizens

July 9, 2020 0 Comments

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FBI Director Christopher Wray called China “the greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our financial vitality.” Wray said in mentions on Tuesday that China has “brazenly infringed well-settled standards and the rule of law” by was just trying to personnel its citizens to return home in order to silence review of the Chinese Communist Party. Wray said if Chinese nationals abroad refuse to return home, China has warned, obliged, and even arrested family members “for leverage.” “The Chinese government is engaged in a broad-spectrum, diverse expedition of steal and malign force, and it can execute that expedition with dictatorial economy, ” Wray said. There have been several instances in recent years where Chinese nationals have been threatened or kidnapped, seemingly at Beijing’s behest. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more narrations.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday that China is “the greatest long-term threat” to the US and detailed alleged and secretive Chinese schemes to steal US nation secrets and forcefully repatriate its citizens abroad.

Speaking at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC, Wray called China’s clandestine functionings “the greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our financial vitality.” See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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